A teenaged thug who pushed a pensioner over and stole his wallet was handed in by his own mum.

Callum Quirk, 19, of HMP Hindley, shoved 77-year-old Edwin Gibson to the ground in woods near Charlton Close, Palacefields, at around 5pm on Sunday, October 30, last year.

Neil Bisarya, prosecuting, told Warrington Crown Court on Tuesday that Mr Gibson, who was heading home for dinner after drinking at The Tricorn pub, stood up and chased Quirk to the flat of his girlfriend Kelly Randles, on The Knoll, and banged on the door shouting ‘the b***ard's robbed me’.

Callum Quirk’s mum Nicola Quirk and his aunt Lisa Quirk arrived and offered Mr Gibson a lift home which he refused.

Quirk arrived on the scene by jumping over a fence only to be grabbed and restrained by his mum until police arrived.